As our friends in the northeast brace for an "epic, historic" winter storm, we're seeing just a "dusting to an inch" of snow. And we're in full swing for the semester, with concerts scheduled, an audition day on Saturday, and many other events in the planning stages.
Faculty and Staff Business
- During the next months of the spring semester, the HSoM will follow Appalachian's university-wide procedure for annual full-time faculty evaluation and review. A form has been revised for the process. (Please see attached form in Word format.) I would like for us to use the following plan for completing the annual reviews:
- Full-time faculty colleague makes 30-minute appointment with me, through Lauren (appointments to be scheduled starting February 16). I would ask untenured faculty colleagues to wait until Professional Development Committee activities have concluded later in the semester.
- Colleague submits annual review form to Lauren at least three days prior to scheduled meeting with me, with self-evaluation sections completed as applicable (teaching, research/creative activities, service, progress toward promotion and/or tenure, progress toward post tenure review, goal setting). Please feel free to use bulleted lists and brief prose as you complete the sections. Please add your last name to the file name when you submit it.
- The HSoM office will add teaching activities (courses, sections, ensembles, studio lessons, chamber music coaching, etc.) and student evaluation data.
- Following our meeting, I will return the completed form to you for your signature and additional comments (optional).
- Please note that this procedure is for full-time faculty only and focuses on calendar year 2014. I would welcome part-time faculty to schedule 30-minute appointments with me during these next months, but again this year, part-time faculty won't use the standardized form.
Events
For complete listings of Spring 2015 performances, including student degree recitals and details about live audio/video stream availability, please see the HSoM Calendar: www.music.appstate.edu/calendar and www.music.appstate.edu/news-events/live-streams
- Dean's Advisory Council meets Tuesday, January 27, at 11 am.
- Deans' Student Advisory Council meets Wednesday, January 28, at 5 pm.
- The annual Endowed Scholarship Recital will occur on Thursday, January 29, at 8 pm, in Rosen Concert Hall.
- The HSoM full faculty meets on Friday, January 30, at 11 am.
- HSoM faculty violinist Nancy Bargerstock and faculty pianist Rodney Reynerson perform in recital on Friday, January 30, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
- Saturday, January 31, is the third day of auditions to select the Hayes School of Music's incoming fall class of 2015.
- Harmonia Baroque performs on Sunday, February 1, at 4 pm, in the Recital Hall.
- The HSoM Faculty Potpourri Concert occurs Tuesday, February 3, at 8 pm, in Rosen.
Looking Ahead
- HSoM faculty trombonist Drew Leslie and tubist Bernard Flythe perform in recital on Sunday, February 8, at 2 pm, in Rosen.
HSoM On the Road and Around Campus (upcoming)
- The Appalachian Wind Ensemble will be the featured performing ensemble at the Virginia Band and Orchestra Director's Association All-District Band Clinic at the Holiday Inn Conference Center in Bristol, Virginia on Friday, February 6 at 5:30pm. On Saturday, February 7, the AWE will perform at the Cannon School in Concord, North Carolina at 1:00pm for several high school bands, including the Cannon High School Band, conducted by ASU Alum Daniel Knox. Both performances are free and open to the public.
Kudos and Other News and Events
- Seven HSoM students have had proposals accepted for presentation to this year's meeting of the National Conference on Undergraduate Research. The following students were mentored by HSoM music theorist Jennifer Snodgrass:
- Laura Arévalo-Gallego, "Speaking the Language: Integrating True Musicianship Skills into the Beginning Band Classroom"
- Ward Francis, "Harrison's Clocks: Mechanistic Interplay and Systemic Decay"
- Mitch Townley, "Personality and its Effect on Relationships Between Music Education and Music Industry Students"
- David Wilson, "'Alohomora!' Unlocking the Musical Magic of Harry Potter"
- The following students were mentored by HSoM musicologist Reeves Shulstad:
- Drew Bradshaw, "The Philosophy behind Wagner's Parsifal"
- Colin Moore, ""Laser, anesthesia, maze:" Philosophies of Sampling Prerecorded Sound in Public Enemy's "Fear of a Black Planet""
- Tyler Stark, "Different Drums, Same Groove: A Comparison in the development of Function and Approach between Bodhrán and Jazz Drum Set"
With best wishes for week three of the spring semester,
Bill
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William L. Pelto, Ph.D.
Dean, Hayes School of Music
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC 28608
828-262-3029
**If you'd like to have something included in future iterations of these announcements, please send me an email with "announcements" in the subject line. Please feel free to send me information about artists (HSoM colleagues and others) who will collaborate in faculty recitals. My listings here sometimes miss those details. I'll be happy to add family/personal announcements, too. Please submit announcements as pdf's or in plain text, unformatted (no special spacing, bullets, etc.). Please include hyperlinks as appropriate.
**Please send information about upcoming off-campus performances and presentations by faculty and students. I'll include them in this "HSoM On the Road..." section.
HSoM Faculty Annual Performance Evaluation 2014 (DOC, 32KB)